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Re: Help to get into the BIOS

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From: Tim Stannard
Date: Thu, 02 May 1996 00:00
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In article <w7CIbAAoe7hxEwB2@hay-isle.demon.co.uk>, Tim C <hay-isle@hay-
isle.demon.co.uk> writes
>In article <830972834.8399.0@pstancer.demon.co.uk>, Paul Stancer
><paul@pstancer.demon.co.uk> writes
>>Help.
>>
>>I have tried the usual sort of things to get in to the BIOS: the DELETE 
>>key, the F1 key, etc, but all to no avail. 
>
>I seem to remember from an old Commodore 386 with Pheonix bios that the
>keys to access the bios was Ctrl/Shift/Esc or maybe it was Ctrl/Alt/Esc
>one of the two anyway.
>

You could also try Crtl-S or Alt-Ctrl-S and while your at it, try
replacing the S with A or X!

If all else fails, remove something which will force the PC into the
BIOS setup program.

If you know the drive geometry, the easiest thing is to diconnect the
hard drive. If you don't, I wouldn't advise it as you need to get to the
BIOS to find out either a) the geometry of the drive or b) if the BIOS
supports autodetect. (I am assuming IDE here).

Failing that, you could remove some of the memory.

Best of luck.
-- 
Tim Stannard -  Ad Hoc Computing, Addlestone, Surrey, UK 
                PC Consultancy, Engineering, Training
                Tel/Fax: 01932 830572  Mob: 0589 918184
                e-mail: stannard@adhoc.demon.co.uk
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